Satyapal

Satyapal also known as Dr Satya Pal (11 May 1885 — 18 April 1954)

Early life Satyapal was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he was a friend of Jawaharlal Nehru. On 17 September 1915, during the First World War, he received a temporary King's Commission as a lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service, serving with distinction. For unspecified reasons, he relinquished his commission with effect from 16 September 1916, He had a successful practice in the old part of the city of Amritsar. After being given permission to write to their families, Satyapal and Kitchlew were driven by John Ferguson Rehill, and escorted by four soldiers disguised in hunting gear. Hans Raj and Jai Ram Singh were kept waiting on Irving's veranda in case the news of the arrest spread before Kitchlew and Satypal were far away enough. They waited an hour before Irving passed to them the letters to their families. Satypal recounted "there was a military escort with guns in each car" and "the cars were driven at high speed and we did not halt till we got to the Nurpur Dak Bungalow", On 13 April 1919, protesting over the arrest, a meeting was called to take place at Jallianwala Bagh.

Later life Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Satyapal rejoined the Indian Medical Service, receiving an emergency commission as a captain on 8 December 1941 (with ante-date seniority from 8 December 1936). He died at Shimla in Himachal Pradesh on 18 April 1954.